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BRAC Bank staff give Tk 1.73cr to feed poor during pandemic
Business Desk | Updated at 09:51pm on April 13, 2020
BRAC Bank employees have donated a portion of their salary for the month of April 2020 totalling Tk 1.73 crore towards fighting the coronavirus outbreak in...
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People loot relief goods in Jamalpur, Kushtia
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:01am on April 13, 2020
Poor and unemployed people hit hard by ongoing public holiday reportedly looted relief materials in Jamalpur and Kushtia on Sunday. The group of poor people intercepted...
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Government to finalise cash distribution package for urban poor
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:31am on April 12, 2020
A meeting is scheduled to be held on Sunday to finalise the proposed third stimulus package for the urban poor hit hard by the government...
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SANEM seeks steps to ensure food safety for poor
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:23pm on April 08, 2020
The South Asian Network on Economic Modelling has recommended that steps should be taken for quick distribution of essential foods among the poor and vulnerable...
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Many return empty-handed as government begins rice OMS for poor
Emran Hossain | Updated at 01:28am on April 06, 2020
Scores of people living in slums at Mohakhali and Mirpur in Dhaka returned empty handed after hours of wait as the government began selling specially...
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Theft of rice meant for poor raises concern
Tapos Kanti Das | Updated at 01:15am on April 06, 2020
A section of ruling Awami League leaders and activists has allegedly got into misappropriation of rice meant for distributing among the poor across the country...
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Confiscate looters’ property to save people: citizens
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:48am on April 04, 2020
Fifty-five concerned citizens, socio-cultural and human rights activists on Friday urged the government to take urgent steps to save lives of crores of poor and...
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Poor throng city streets for relief
Rashad Ahamad | Updated at 12:40am on April 04, 2020
People continued to gather at most road intersections in the city for food as families who live from day to day have been out of...
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Government relief support for the poor inadequate: experts
Ershad Kamol | Updated at 11:01pm on April 02, 2020
The economists and development experts observed that the government incentives for keeping the poor confined to their homes during the unofficial lockdown was very inadequate...
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City corporations do little for poor to fight coronavirus
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:38pm on April 01, 2020
Both city corporations in the capital are doing very little for the people who live hand to mouth to help them survive during the coronavirus...
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